Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RENEWAL, by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON Poet's Biography First Line: Hope is renewed in foolish hearts like mine Last Line: Why in my sullen heart is hope renewed? Alternate Author Name(s): Gilkyson, Walter, Mrs. Subject(s): Hope; Optimism | ||||||||
HOPE is renewed in foolish hearts like mine... The leaves of black ailanthus trees, close-pent In some dim alley of a tenement Renew themselves, because the sun will shine One hour upon them out of all the day. I, for the sake of you, will take more care What song I sing, perhaps, what gown I wear (You long departed, and so far away!) HopeWhat is hope? The search that cannot end The crack in prison-walls that will not yield The garnered green of some remembered field In famine days the one last coin to spend The wind that makes a deep disquietude... Why in my sullen heart is hope renewed? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON SPRING FLOODS by MAURICE BARING SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT by DEREK MAHON A SONG IN SEPTEMBER by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON |
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